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low-tone syllables, raising their pitch to a level just below that of adjacent high-tone syllables. A toneless syllable between a high-tone syllable and another

Auṃ, ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a polysemous symbol representing a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and invocation in Hinduism. Its written form is the most important

rounded Syllable-initial, middle and final u 'fingernail, toenail' ugak 'crow' fagut 'tame' alu 'mortar' /ɨ/ close central unrounded Syllable-initial

forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five syllables each line for

context and dialect, sounds either like English m, n or ng ([ŋ]) when syllable-final or like the nasal vowels of French, Portuguese or Polish.[citation

is /ɑ/ in stressed syllables, /a/ in unstressed syllables. The vowel spelled ⟨á⟩ is /a/ in stressed syllables if the next syllable has a back vowel (including

and typesetting, a soft hyphen (Unicode U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN (­)) or syllable hyphen, is a code point reserved in some coded character sets for the purpose

/w/ and /j/ occur syllable-initially. Only one dialect allows syllable-coda /j/. In inflected words stress lies on the last syllable of the verb stem.

allophones: [pʷ] syllable initially and [p̚] syllable finally. /t̪/ has two allophones: [t̪] syllable initially and [t̪]~[t̪͆] syllable finally. /k/ has

the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in καλή (kalḗ) "beautiful (f.)"). This terminology was

trochee (/ˈtroʊkiː/ TROH-kee) is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, in qualitative meter, as found in English

word-final and word-initial consonants may be moved across a syllable boundary, with syllables crossing word boundaries: An example of the above is this:

middle of words, it is either /ɦ/ or /x/. Niuafoʻou has a very simple syllable structure, (C)V. However, it is apparently transitioning towards allowing

disciplines. In addition to these seven, there are fourteen less frequent syllable-based metres (Varna-vritta or Akshara-chandas): 8. Atijagati (13x4); 9

aesthetics. Sanskrit metres include those based on a fixed number of syllables per verse, and those based on fixed number of morae per verse. Extant

consonants, a vowel marker, a vowel length marker, and a syllable-ending tsheg. A syllable in Sanskrit must contain a consonant or the null-consonant

and unstressed syllables, and stressed syllables can have a higher pitch than other syllables, depending on the position of the syllable in a phrase. The

very limited inventory of syllables with no consonant clusters. 16 syllable-initial consonants can be combined with 84 syllable finals and six tones. Notes:

the surname and the given name. Most Korean surnames consist of a single syllable, although multisyllabic surnames exist (e.g. Namgung). Upon marriage, both

stops are slightly aspirated at the onset of words and before stressed syllables, behaving like English voiceless plosives. ^ Controversially, some analyses

each syllable in a Sino-Korean given name is separated by a space with the first letter of each syllable capitalized (e.g. 안복철 An Pok Chŏl). Syllables in

and on the final consonant of the syllable, /e/ and /o/ can be realized more open: plosives and short syllables trigger open vowels (e.g. [tɔːt] 'grass'

claimed to be a universal syllable. A 2013 study suggested that the word/syllable huh is perhaps the most recognized syllable throughout the world. It

syllable-initial positions, but some are restricted from appearing in syllable-final position.: 54–55  Those phonemes that are attested in syllable-final

indicated a syllable with a high pitch. In Modern Greek, a stress accent has replaced the pitch accent, and the acute marks the stressed syllable of a word

or etymology of the word. The basic structure of a Niuean syllable is (C)V(V); all syllables end in a vowel or diphthong, and may start with at most one

Stress on syllables comes on different syllables depending on the amount of syllables The accent mark also helps to show the location of said syllable that

the allophone [ɪ] in closed syllables and /ɛ/ has the allophone [æ] in open syllables. Moken has a maximum CVC syllable structure. Consonant clusters

notion of the syllable as a kind of immutable (or "atomic") substance of both language and truth, most prominently, the mystical syllable Aum, which is

vowels (V) for syllables. Examples for each pattern show the Maring word with each syllable separated by a period. The example syllable pattern in the

Indonesian roots (normally composed of two syllables) to have e as the first vowel and ong closing the second syllable—hence providing regular assonance with

from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Each syllable of the musical solfège system appears in the song's lyrics, sung on the

prosodic system. This discussion is presented in terms of syllables, feet, and lines (although syllables are not explicitly present in Tamil prosodic theory)

based on syllables, placing main stress on the leftmost syllable of the word.: 30  Words can be divided into syllables (σ) and feet (φ) and syllables may be

system assists military communications by providing short, one- or two-syllable names, as alternatives to the precise proper names, which may be easily

begins the syllable, there can be no intervening vowel. Initial Cluster Consonants: kʷ, m, n, s, x Final Cluster Consonants: ʔ Initial stem syllables that begin

Chengyu (traditional Chinese: 成語; simplified Chinese: 成语; pinyin: chéngyǔ; trans. "set phrase") are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions

Absence of stress on a syllable, or on a word in some cases, is frequently associated in English with vowel reduction – many such syllables are pronounced with

written in isolation, it indicates that the following syllable has a medial y, as in mya. Syllables beginning with w are indicated by dropping the vowel

occasionally as a pronunciation aid in poetry, to indicate stress on an unusual syllable. Languages may use é to indicate a certain sound (French), stress pattern

kʻ, k and h, otherwise as -ê: kʻo, ko, ho, shê, chʻê. When [ɤ] forms a syllable on its own, it is written ê or o depending on the character. Wade–Giles

unstressed syllables than in stressed syllables, and occurs most commonly in syllable- and word-final position. The most common syllable structure used

labialized allophones [kʷ, ɡʷ] when before rounded vowels. Syllables never end in a consonant; every syllable has either V or CV structure. The table below shows

LZWL is a syllable-based variant of the LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression algorithm, designed to work with syllables derived from any syllable decomposition

last syllable in each word. Examples of words broken down into syllables and translated include: Siar Lak contains four different types of syllable patterns

closed syllables. For example, clusters of consonants occur when a syllable ending in a consonant is followed in the same word by another syllable. Some

on the second syllable of a two-syllable word; the third syllable of a word with three, four, or five syllables; and the fourth syllable of a word with

the case of bisyllabic stems, both syllables begin with a consonant, and long vowels never occur in the first syllable, and rarely in the second. As a result

follows (the symbol – representing a long syllable, ⏑ representing a short syllable, and x representing a syllable that can be short or long): | ᴗ – x | ᴗ

[kχ]~[χ]~[gχ]~[ɣ]. /g/ is [g] in syllable onsets and [ŋ] in syllable codas. Intervocalic /b/ is "almost like" /w/ or [β]. /f/ is [w] syllable initially and intervocalically

is its leading iamb, that is, the first two syllables of its prosodic feet are short-long.[c] This syllable pair (the watid, "peg") is then repeated at

as the open-mid vowel [ɛ] when it is at the end of a word or before a syllable containing the sound [ɛ]. Compare, for instance, the pronunciation of /e/

consonants. Each syllable will have a nucleus that is a vowel, diphthong, or triphthong, and very rarely a syllabic nasal. Often a syllable can be simply

/p, t, k, h/ occur only syllable-initially and [ŋ, ð, w] only syllable-finally. [ɕ] is phonemically /sj/ and [w] is the syllable-final allophone of /v/

open accented syllables. /e/ is realized as [e] in open syllables and [ɛ] in closed syllables. /o/ is realized as [oː] in open syllables and as [ʌ] in

with a CVN syllable, that syllable is reduplicated. If the root word begins with any other syllable structure, then the initial two syllables of the root

the sounds in slashes are phonemes. There is also one diphthong: /ia/. Syllables in Pnar can consist of a single nucleic vowel. Maximally, they can include

yes at the beginning of a syllable before a vowel, as in beyond, lawyer, canyon As /aɪ/: under stress in an open syllable, as in my, type, rye, lying

across syllables in compounds or in prefix + root combinations. Vowel harmony can also occur for r-coloring on the first syllable if the second syllable of

located in census division No. 13. The first syllable of the Cherhill's name is derived from the last syllable of the name of A. P. Stetcher, the postmaster

consonant of a syllable) has the following effects: in a syllable with inherent â, the vowel is shortened to [ɑ], UN transcription á in a syllable with inherent

contain multiple syllables, those syllables could be dropped or centralized. A vowel turns into schwa [ə] in the unstressed syllable. Here is an example:

realised as [ə] in non-final syllables, and as [ɛ] and [e] in final syllables. Lexical roots are disyllabic. Final syllables are typically (C)V((C)C). Non-final

and six phonetic vowels, as well as two underlying tones. Some possible syllable structures are V, N (nasal consonant), CV, Glide V, VC, CVC. Consonant

neutral. They are regarded as syllable features for several reasons but most importantly since they cause contrast between syllables rather than between individual

/e o/ occur syllable-initially within a word. All vowels (including the diphthongs) occur syllable-medially (in CVC syllables), syllable-finally and at

simply put, fixing the mind on the sound of the mantra "Aum" – the sacred syllable that both symbolizes and embodies Brahman, the Absolute Reality – as the

parts of speech have syllable-final stress, and syllable-initial secondary stress[clarification needed]; also, particles (one-syllable words) are stressed

stressed syllable, or of a word-initial syllable. It can also be heard as a flap sound [ɾ] intervocalically in the onset of an unstressed syllable. In a

initial and non-initial syllables. Vowels /o, ɤ, æ, ø, y/ generally occur in initial syllables; they can occur in non-initial syllables only in compound words

always iambic, reduced first syllable vowel space, and second syllable prominence. Even CV.CCə words show final syllable prominence. Horo & Sarmah (2015)

accent, and a distinction between "short" and "long" syllables. A long syllable was any syllable containing either a long vowel, a diphthong, or a so-called

Sawai has 15 consonants: Sawai has eight vowels: Sawai has the following syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C) Examples: Sawai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription

consisting of two syllables each, and with secondary stress on the first syllable of every foot. In the other Samic languages the last syllable in a word with

northern dialects, unstressed syllables can result in vowel reduction. An archaic word final stress is preserved in some two-syllable adjectives, adverbs, and

vowel system: a, e, i, o, u. On the surface level, Tabaru only allows syllables of the type (C)V. Words with an underlying final consonant add an echo

learned English or the Latin alphabet, he was influenced by both. The syllable kut, for example, resembles the cursive form of the English word good.

one syllable, syllables with a schwa /ə/ are unstressed. petang /pətaŋ/ > [pəˈtɛ̃] 'afternoon' belakang /bəlakaŋ/ > [bəˌlaˈkɛ̃] 'back' Syllables that

the second syllable of a word if the first syllable began with */ɡ/, */ŋ/, or */wu/. [ɛ] developed from original */a/ in the second syllable of a word

Note(s): In open-ended final syllables and before a glottal stop (allophone of /k/ in the syllable coda) also in final syllables, /a/ is realised as [ɒ],

across syllables with sequences in single heavy (bimoraic CVV) syllables. Observed consonant clusters within words are those allowed as syllable codas

to accumulate one billion six syllable Vajrasattva recitations from practitioners around the world. The six syllable mantra (oṁ Vajrasattva Hūṁ), is

a "pitch accent" system where one syllable of each of phonological word had a higher pitch than the other syllables. The placement of this accent was

to another) within the same syllable, and with hiatus, where two vowels are next to each other but in different syllables. A vowel sound whose quality

'greater'. A syllable closed by a long consonant is made a long syllable. This affects both stress and prosody. Stress falls on the first long syllable from the

The main verse has four eight-syllable lines. They frequently also include a small refrain with three five-syllable lines. Their popularity increased

trees of Jucuruçu" from the terms itá (rock), mara (woods), and ju (first syllable of the Jucuruçu River). On 22 April 1500 a Portuguese fleet under the command

It is a signary of 45 signs and 4 diacritics representing the phonetic syllables of the Japanese language. Signs are distinguished both in the direction

However, this does not mean that there are no rules at all. Mokilese syllables still maintain a set of rules as explained by Harrison and Albert (1976):

and is associated with a Rig Vedic school of scholars. It discusses the syllable Aum; adds turiya to the three states of consciousness; and asserts that

speech when the vowel is short and it does not occur in word-final open syllables. The allophone [uʷ] occurs before /i/ and /ɛ/ (e.g. [kuʷisɐ] ‘basket’

are predominantly monosyllabic with some sesqui syllables featuring a "reduced syllable". Full syllables are either open or closed with a rising, falling

centralization. Only one syllable in the word bears the accent, but exactly which syllable is often unpredictable. Accented syllables are marked with either

meditator. Sometimes the deity is imagined as just a moon disk, or the seed syllable of the deity, at other times, the full form of the deity may be visualized

they sound very similar. When carefully enunciated, they differ in which syllable is stressed: 19 /naɪnˈtiːn/ vs 90 /ˈnaɪnti/. However, in dates such as

of a letter indicates the vowel of a syllable, and shape indicates the consonant, this means that the syllable ki, for example, is written ik. Vowel

series of seven-syllable lines in rhyming couplets, with all lines written in cynghanedd. One of the lines must finish with a stressed syllable, while the

singing or scatting is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies

general formula, MX (X = F, Cl, Br or I). Many salts are halides; the hal- syllable in halide and halite reflects this correlation. A halide ion is a halogen

the voiceless fricatives *f, *þ, *s, *h, *hʷ, following an unstressed syllable, became the voiced fricatives *β, *ð, *z, *ɣ, *ɣʷ. The law was formulated

listener of this sound syllable becomes the knower of truth, of reality; U being labial modifies speech represented by the sound syllable A which is the primordial

State Nigeria. It has an idiosyncratic system of reduplicating the first syllable of noun stems, apparently under the influence of the Chadic language Sha

voiced plosives [b, d] freely in word-initial positions. The most common syllable structure in Avá-Canoeiro is CV which is found in all positions within

the middle syllable means ugly, the name of the village is pronounced in a different way, Απαισιά and the emphasis goes on the third syllable. Apesia was

southeast of the island of Bohol." Eskayan has letters for V, CV, VC, and CCV syllables (where CCV is either CrV or ClV). For CVC, the final consonant is written

following syllable. A switch to the o-grade when the word stress moves to the preceding syllable. A lengthening of the vowel when the syllable is in word-final

southern Osaka suburb. The name is taken from the second syllable of Osaka and the first syllable of Wakayama. The terminus of the line in Osaka is Tennōji

with particular syllable structures distinguish stem I’ or stem II’, sensitive to phonological environment. Verbs with an open syllable and a high tone

close a syllable with a consonant. usually used in transcription of Balinese lontars for writing the sacred syllable ong ꦎꦀ used in final syllables, but

consonants can occur in both syllable-initial and syllable-final position. The sonorants /n/, /l/ and /w/ are devoiced in syllable-final position. Likewise

two short syllables followed by a long one; in accentual stress meters it consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. It may

set of syllables or notes, or a single syllable or note, which precedes what is considered the first foot of a poetic line (or the first syllable of the

followed by a consonant in the same syllable (the syllable is closed) while a free vowel ends the syllable (the syllable is open). This distinction can apply

unstressed ones, and that stressed open syllables are longer than stressed closed syllables. Stressed syllables are characterized by amplitude and pitch

researchers believe that further study on syllable structure is necessary to ascertain a fuller understanding of the syllable structure.:17 When Majhi features

superscript arc). Counting syllables with this diacritic, the script represents 1,164 syllables. In addition, there is a syllable iteration mark, ꀕ (represented

tendency to end syllables with a vowel (syllables were or became open). This rule remained in place for a long time, and ensured that a syllable containing

the second syllable of abuo "two". Another distinct tone appears in the second syllable of asaa "seven" and another in the second syllable of aguu "hunger"

can appear as a syllable and bear a high or low tone, but not a falling tone. High-toned /ń/ actually represents an underlying syllable, /nÍ/. There are

in English whereby SI units are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable (as in kilogram, kilojoule and kilohertz) and the pronunciation of the

from the initial syllable to the final syllable. If the encliticized morpheme has no syllable, the stress moves to the preceding syllable. This process occurred

on syllable structure. Open syllables must take long or ultrashort vowels; stressed closed syllables take long vowels; unstressed closed syllables take

Registry, Datacom. The domain name is composed of the consonants in the first syllable of the country name. The .MN registry is operated under the thick registry

regularly falls on the penultimate syllable (if a word has more than one syllable). It may also occur on the final syllable, in which case it is directly indicated

often associated mnemonically (because of the alliteration of the lib- syllable), although it is not the translation (there is no cognation between libitum

varying degrees of code switching. The accent can be on any syllable, but rarely on the last syllable. This is relevant for Serbia, where educated speakers

odd-numbered syllable is weak and the even-numbered syllable is strong. As well, certain syllables containing short vowels (frequently such syllables occur in

ꡀ with no attached vowel represents the syllable ka, but with an appended vowel ꡞ i represents the syllable ꡀꡞ ki). Letters 31-34 and 39 are vowels.

double letters (mm, nn, ss, hh, ll), and geminated /ŋ/ is written as nng. Syllables take the shapes V, VV, VVV, CV, CVV and CVVV. All possible V and VV combinations

Long vowels and consonants are indicated by doubling their letters. The syllables in Puluwatese begin with either consonants or geminate consonants followed

ꡀ with no attached vowel represents the syllable ka, but with an appended vowel ꡞ i represents the syllable ꡀꡞ ki). Letters 31-34 and 39 are vowels.

/n/. Syllable structure in Menominee is typically VC(C) or C(C)VC(C); syllables do not end in vowels. Any consonant can begin or end a syllable except

the first syllable of a word. The stress will, however, fall on the second syllable of a two-syllable word if the vowel in the first syllable is centralised

has veins'. Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Muna only has open syllables of the types CV (consonant-vowel) and V (vowel), e.g. kaindea /ka.i.ⁿde

in stressed syllable before hard consonant/syllable, /æ/ in stressed syllable before soft consonant/syllable and /ɛ/ in unstressed syllables (cf. Maps no

vowels and tones are written around them. In text encoding, the vowels of a syllable always follow the consonant, even the two vowels dwia thwai and ri yah

Narayana, the Atman (soul) that resides in one's heart. The one immortal syllable (Ekakshara), is described in the text as the Hiranyagarbha (the golden

sound in a syllable (or, as a linguist might put it, "insert [ˈʌb] after each syllable onset"). The stress falls on the "ub" of the syllable that is stressed

stressed in the last syllable, except: When counting objects, numbers are stressed in the first syllable, but stressed in the last syllable in collective numbers

following syllable; and fronted when /j/ or /i/ occur in the same or following syllable. Yipma has pitch-accent. Either the final or penultimate syllable can

Lepcha people to write the Lepcha language. Unusually for an abugida, syllable-final consonants are written as diacritics. Lepcha is derived from the

unmarked syllables having a low tone. Phonetic falling tone occurs only in sequences of more than one vowel or on the penultimate syllable if the vowel

(heightened syllable prominence) is independent of the strong syllable rule: weak syllables can be accented, and whereas the strong syllable rule applies

drown') tɛ́bo 'big' (first syllable) así 'shit' daŋkre 'right' (vs. 'left') buibé 'stomach' (first syllable); the second syllable -be is cognate with Toto

past participle forms of verbs in poetic texts to indicate that the final syllable should be pronounced separately. For example, blessèd would indicate the

A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble and

the term bīja is used for mystical "seed syllables" contained within mantras or standalone seed syllable mantras (bijamantra). These seeds do not have

designation. The syllable structure of the Djinang language would be classified as moderately complex. It has three underlying syllable patterns CV, CVC

derives from the Middle English halier ("rope to haul with"), with the last syllable altered by association with the English unit of measure "yard". Halyards

non-final syllable is usually lengthened. For example, in the case of búhay 'life' vs buháy 'alive', the syllable bú in 'life' is longer than the syllable bu

consonants are /p t k b d ɡ s r w j h/, and its vowels are /i ɨ u e a o/, with syllable nasalization and pitch accent occurring as well. The following words show

ae, ai, ao, au, ei, and ou. Oroha consists only of open syllables. There are no closed syllables. Verbs may be reduplicated to intensity the meaning of

the supreme deity of the Sumerian pantheon Anu, and a phonogram for the syllable /an/. Akkadian cuneiform took over all these uses and added to them a logographic

chart. Underlying /ŋ/ surfaces as [k] when it appears at the end of a syllable. Swadesh further notes that /m/ often surfaces as [n] or [ŋ] word-finally

from English replace [k] with ʔ. The syllable structure in Wuvulu is (C)V. The vowel is the nucleus of the syllable and can be a standard vowel, a long

form of the metre is as follows (where "–" represents a long syllable, "u" a short syllable, and "uu" one long or two shorts): | uu – u – | uu – u – | uu

inverting (flipping upside down) the -a syllables to get the -i syllables, and the -u syllables to get the -e syllables; and for the symmetric forms, rotating

of homophones called one-syllable articles, or poems where every single word in the poem is pronounced as the same syllable if tones are disregarded.

basic syllable structure in Jingulu is CV. CVC and CVLC are also permissible structures. The basic phonological unit is the open (CV) syllable when V

acute accent. In modern practice, it replaces an acute accent in the last syllable of a word when that word is followed immediately by another word. The grave

from English replace [k] with ʔ. The syllable structure in Wuvulu is (C)V. The vowel is the nucleus of the syllable and can be a standard vowel, a long

preceding syllable. That syllable gained a rising neoacute accent. It is denoted with a tilde diacritic ⟨◌̃⟩ on historically "long" syllables (*a, *i,

as Cantonese, in which it has 22 different syllables, or Hokkien, in which it has 15 different syllables. Yuen Ren Chao would go on to produce "Ji Ji

default position for word stress in Huichol is the penultimate syllable (the next to last syllable), as in Spanish and English. When a word has primary stress

also occur glottalized as implosives [ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ] when in syllable-initial positions. In syllable-final position, they are realized as unreleased. /k/ is

syllable of any word is always the primary stressed syllable in Skolt Sámi as Skolt is a fixed-stress language. In words with two or more syllables,

sequences are heterosyllabic. Stress generally falls on the penultimate syllable, with very few native exceptions. Loanwords preserve their original stress

verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. One form of catalexis is headlessness, where the unstressed syllable is dropped from

a syllable had plain *e, it is termed "e-grade" or "full-grade", and if a syllable had *ē, it is termed "lengthened e-grade"; likewise if a syllable had

provided distinct letters for complex onsets such as ky, hm and for various syllable rimes (ok, ein, aung, etc.), with no regard to how they are written in

voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] syllable-initially. Additional phonological alternations include fricativization of /k/ and /q/ syllable-finally, to velar [x] and

becomes [u] after a labio-velar, while /ə/ only becomes [u] in pre-tonic syllables, and then only optionally. Hiw has 14 consonants. All plosives are voiceless

has one syllable [ŋiau], and is not found in the Qī Lín Bāyīn; furthermore, Foochow Romanized does not have a way to represent this syllable. In the modern

that closed the preceding syllable. The retraction did not take place if the laryngeal did not immediately follow the syllable nucleus, i.e. if the nucleus

non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. 앉아라 anc'ara/anj'ara) When ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅉ, or ㅆ appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic

CCV(C). Sesquisyllabic: consist of a major syllable with fully stressed vowel, preceded by a minor syllable Temiar ləpud 'caudal fin' Semai kʔɛːp [kɛʔɛːp]

monolingual. Cun is a tonal language with 10 tones, used depending on whether a syllable is checked or unchecked. The speakers of this language are classified by

bat has five syllables. The second wak has two or four syllables in the first and third bat, two syllables in the second, and four syllables in the fourth

Notes Аа [ɑ], [a] "A" is usually pronounced as [ɑ] in all syllables except last, in last syllable it is pronounced as [a]. Бб [b], [β] [β] is the intervocal

branched syllable-onset after a voiced sound, [ʀ̥] when in a branched syllable-onset after /k/, and as [l] when in an initial and medial syllable onset.

themselves. The central approximants /j, w/ are fricativized [ʝ, v] when syllable-initial, mainly before close vowels. /w/ can further be found before front

three consonants in a row. Words may either have CV, CCV, CCCV, or VV syllable structures, and words can end in consonants. There are four inflectional

and only in one or two-syllable words and is realized in transcription as [']. However, in two-syllable words the second syllable must be a derivational

three consonants in a row. Words may either have CV, CCV, CCCV, or VV syllable structures, and words can end in consonants. There are four inflectional

outside of these ceremonies. Its lyrics should be accompanied by 4 seven-syllable verses and a refrain. It is often sung with a libre (no beat structure)

segment before. Some example of possible occurrences are listed below: Syllable Initial Full closure [ʔ] at the beginning of words — (ʔ / #__) Re-articulation

bat has five syllables. The second wak has two or four syllables in the first and third bat, two syllables in the second, and four syllables in the fourth

pictographic characters, which represent scenes from life and stand for syllables in Bété. Bouabré created it to help Bété people learn to read in their

used to represent a syllable-final sequence of a vowel letter + r, which in English generally represents a long vowel if the syllable is stressed and a

and only in one or two-syllable words and is realized in transcription as [']. However, in two-syllable words the second syllable must be a derivational

is underlyingly a language of open syllables. Thus, only consonant + vowel syllables exist in the underlying syllable structure, although phonological processes

between tones is greatest between stressed syllables since they lose most of their distinctive value in syllables that precede a stressed one. Tones may undergo

phonology The shuruk is used to mark [u] at the last syllable of the word and in open syllables in the middle of the word: שָׁמְרוּ ('they guarded') [ʃaˈmʁu]

the air flow through the instrument. If a more soft tone is desired, the syllable "da" (as in double) is preferred. The technique also works for whistling

"my") or non-final syllables (regardless of whether these are stressed or not), but /ɨ̞, ɨː/ (N) or /ɪ, iː/ (S) in word-final syllables (again, regardless

"–" represents a long syllable, and "u" a short one. As variations of this scheme, any sequence of – u, except the final syllable of each line, can be

is. All Sechelt words have at least one stressed syllable, but some words have stress on every syllable. This gives the language its characteristic "choppy"

replaced with a different syllable. The linguistics journal American Speech published the following table detailing syllables that replace consonants in

distribution. The voiced velar stop /g/ only occurs syllable initially. The voiced velar nasal /ŋ/ only occurs syllable finally. The voiced palatal stop /ɟ/, which

simple; it has all open syllables, and lacks unusual vowels and consonants and complex consonant clusters. The two types of syllables that occur are V (vowel)

in syllable structure have been attested in Tibeto-Burman languages (Matisoff 2003:155). (Note: Sesquisyllable, otherwise known as a minor syllable, is

(DIST=SIM=AUG) 'exactly like that': 4  Aʼingae syllable structure is (C)V(ʔ), with many variations thereof. At minimum a syllable can be a singular vowel and at maximum

functioning syllable structure. It is a vowel without any specifications and is used solely to create a satisfying structural condition. The syllable structure

shifted rightward from a non-acute syllable (i.e. a long circumflex syllable, or a short syllable) to the following syllable if the word belonged to the fixed

the latter use a nasal plus /d/. In two-syllable word bases, words that have a short /u/ in the initial syllable have a long /u/ in the Santa Clara dialect

usually analyse the meters in terms of syllables, which can be long (–), short (u) and anceps (x), that is, a syllable which can be optionally long or short

Yajurveda. The five-syllabled mantra (excluding the Oṁ) may be chanted by all persons including śūdras and cāṇḍalas; however the six-syllabled mantra (with Oṁ

denote a soundless syllable-initial ㅇ (except at the beginning of a word): 없었습니다 → eobs-eoss-seubnida It is permitted to hyphenate syllables in a given name

each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The metre is denoted by the syllable count of each line, i.e. 8.6.8.6, 86

extends from the first stressed syllable up to (but not including) the tonic syllable. A high head is the stressed syllable that begins the head and is high

"weak" syllable plus one "strong" syllable), counting long vowels (à, è, ì, ò) as a full foot (a foot consisting of a single "strong" syllable). The primary

same speaker) and /r~ɾ~ɹ/ (intergenerational and interdialectal). Karbi syllables may be the open (C)(C)V(V) or the closed (C)(C)VC. Possible onset consonant

stress on the first syllable. In words of more than three syllables, the first syllable receives a primary stress while every syllable after receives a secondary

vowels or following another consonants, and as [d̚] syllable-finally. /k/ is realized as [g̚] syllable-finally. When followed by a vowel, the sequence /ik/

A McWord is a word containing the prefix Mc-, derived from the first syllable of the name of the McDonald's restaurant chain. Words of this nature are

vowel elision occur. Syllables may either be light or heavy. Light syllables contain one vowel and are open (CV). Heavy syllables may contain a complex

forms where the first syllable is unstressed. Syllables using long vowels are always stressed. The remainder of the syllables are unstressed if they

a dam collapse. The name of the town reportedly derives from the last syllable of the surname of Ulysses Hinchman, who was a member of the House of Delegates

first syllable, while accent 2 uses a high, sharply falling pitch in the first syllable and a low pitch in the beginning of the second syllable. In both

the fixing of the accent, or stress, on the root syllable of a word, typically on the first syllable. Proto-Indo-European had featured a moveable pitch-accent

sound, depending on its position. At the beginning and end of a word or syllable it indicates a [p] sound, while after a vowel it designates a [b] sound

and ferry terminals within the Gulf of İzmir, Turkey. ( İz is the first syllable of the name İzmir and -deniz means sea.) The company was established in

rule stating that contractions and abbreviations should not span "major" syllable boundaries. In 1991, an American proposal was made for Unified English

languages may have subtle differences. The letter ⟨ё⟩ occurs in a stressed syllable in the overwhelming majority of Russian and Belarusian words. In Russian

non-initial syllables had either a front or a back vowel, depending on the quality of the vowel of the first syllable. If the first syllable contained a

or elimination of syllable-final /s/ is quite widespread in coastal American dialects). Pronouncing "l" instead of "r" in syllable-final position is also

Xiao'erjing. Xiao'erjing cannot display the tones present in Chinese, syllable endings are indistinguishable, i.e. xi'an and xian. Xiao'erjing was much

mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language

surname has an accent on the third syllable (second from the end), while the patronymic has an accent on the second syllable (as in the name "Stepán"). Alex

the affected vowel by several consonants, or sometimes even by several syllables. For more discussion, see the article on vowel harmony. There are two

an inherent vowel 'a', so that each consonant letter is pronounced as a syllable. The original eighteen consonants are ka-ga-nga, ca-ja-nya, ta-da-na, pa-ba-ma

Carniolan dialects. From short acute first syllable in words with three syllables to a following syllable (*bàbica > *babìca), which happened in a part

and diphthongs are analyzed as sequences. Ekari has pitch accent. One syllable in a word may have a high tone, contrasting with words without a high tone

one of the first two syllables of a multiple-syllable word is a heavy syllable, then the main stress falls on the second syllable Generally when words

another pointed to them. One-Syllable Words: Players acted out a scene and had to use only words with one syllable. Multiple-syllable words got players buzzed

100 stanzas, (3 verses, 7+9 syllable meter) 43–46   Ushtavaiti Gatha   'Having Happiness', 66 stanzas (5 verses, 4+7 syllable meter) 47–50   Spenta Mainyu

have aimed to set the words to the music in a manner that almost each syllable has its own note and that the four parts sing the words simultaneously

to be used by businesses. The name is a phonetic spelling of the first syllable of business. The biz TLD was created to relieve some of the demand for

vowels, the character is known as an "o with diaeresis" and denotes a syllable break, wherein its pronunciation remains an unmodified [o]. The letter

in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. A. In words up to four syllables, the first syllable is primarily stressed with occasional exceptions. Example: 'damak

initial syllable of a word. Georgian vowels in non-initial syllables are pronounced with a shorter duration compared to vowels in initial syllables. long

on the last syllable of the words. In the present, the stress marks can be placed either on the last syllable or the second to last syllable. Stress on

paroxýtonos) is a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the second-to-last syllable,: 121  such as the English word potáto. In English,

stressed syllables are pronounced somewhat longer [iˑ, uˑ, eˑ, oˑ, aˑ] than in unstressed syllables. Furthermore, vowels in stressed syllables are more

'bench' from French banc). In multisyllabic words all syllables carry low tone except the final syllable, which is lengthened and takes a descending tone.

an inherent vowel 'a', so that each consonant letter is pronounced as a syllable. The original eighteen consonants are ka-ga-nga, ca-ja-nya, ta-da-na, pa-ba-ma

avoid ambiguity in syllable separation before a succeeding syllable that starts with a vowel and before ⟨ng⟩ if the preceding syllable ends with a vowel

mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language

line 8's "revenues" is stressed on the second syllable, and line 9's "Be it" functions as one syllable. While frequently the rhythm of iambic pentameter

Manitoba already had that name. So, he took her first name and the first syllable of her last name and combined them to form the name Maymont. Like many

Chinese and other Sinitic languages, adds R-coloring to the final of a syllable Rhoticism (disambiguation) Rhotacism Rhoticity in English, English accents

falling[clarification needed] tones are a prosodic effect, found on final syllables, or on penultimate syllables followed by a voiceless vowel; this leftward shift of tone

Dawson the name is pronounced "tab-uh-wash," with the accent on the first syllable. It lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas

tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to

Meditating on mantric seed syllables on the center of each chakra; Tsongkhapa states: "one should concentrate on the syllables of the upper three chakras

or nerve ending typified by slow, continuous action Tonic syllable, the stressed syllable of a word Herbal tonic, a herbal medicine with tonic effects

followed by three syllables, the last syllable – i.e. the one at the end of the line – is long; if four syllables follow it is short. A syllable is considered

50 rimes and 7 tones. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below (the rows give the first syllable's original citation tone, while

before a hard syllable and broad e ([æ]) before a soft syllable, broad e ([æ]) in a stressed syllable and normal e in an unstressed syllable, etc. etc. The

and Yankunytjatjara groups, is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable: [ˈaɳaŋʊ]. The original meaning of the word is "human being, person", "human

a preference for disyllabic roots. Tiwa does have several 3-syllable words, but 3-syllable roots also tend to have a secondary tone, as in shorondó [shôrondó]

stops are partially voiced in syllable-initial position. ^2 For some speakers, [t͡ʃ] occurs only at the beginning of syllables, while [t͡s] does not occur

katakana in Japanese, with the kana ヤ, ユ, ヨ, ワ, ヰ, and ヱ not used. Each syllable is written with two or three kana (with a few exceptions). Notable differences

sandhi rules: in an utterance, only the last syllable pronounced is not affected by the rules. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table

Stress is usually found on the last syllable if it is closed, and on the penultimate syllable if the last syllable is open. Bargam at Ethnologue (25th

sounds as allophones. The voiced velar stop, [g], occurs syllable initial following a syllable final /k/. For example, /dikka/ -> [digga], 'husband of

the gourd, and plump the hazel shells Using '°' for a weak syllable, '/' for a strong syllable, and '|' for divisions between feet it can be represented

Tagalog. Primary stress occurs on either the final or the penultimate syllable of a word. Vowel lengthening accompanies primary or secondary stress except